Grandma made it back to Thanksgiving safe and sound. But now, alas, cousin Scooter, who seems oddly illiterate regarding his nut allergy, eats a bite of pecan pie. Thankfully, you have an epipen, inject his thigh, and save the day. However,…
Everyone is enjoying a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner when suddenly Grandma starts complaining that she can’t swallow, that something’s stuck, why didn’t you cut the turkey into smaller pieces, this is your fault, and now sh…
by @benazan I recently caught up with Kit Tainter, 2011 SinaiEM grad. He’s now doing critical care in San Diego with both ICU and ED time, many people’s dream. Hear how he got there, his advice for finding a Crit Care job and mu…
A 54-year-old suicidal patient presents to the ED after an unknown ingestion. Vitals are 98.9, 102, 18, 111/74, 97%, fs 98. She is somnolent but arousable. You send labs and find that the patient has an anion gap of 20, osmolal gap of 62…
